ASSOCIATION OF ABO BLOOD GROUP AND RH FACTOR WITH PERIODONTITIS AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING TAGORE DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Delfin Lovelina Francis MDS, Kumara Raja B. MDS*, Lakshmi Krishnan BDS, Chitraa R. Chandran MDS
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Objective: To determine the distribution pattern of the ABO and Rh blood groups among the patients attending outpatient department of Tagore dental college and hospital, Chennai, India. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 400 patients aged between 20 to 65 years. The ABO blood grouping and Rh factor investigation was carried out by slide method. The results were analyzed by descriptive statistics and chi‑square test using SPSS version 19. All tests were set at a 0.05 significance level. Results: A total of 400 subjects were examined, of which 219(54.8%) were males and 181(45.2%) were female with mean age of 38.11 ± 2.79 and 37 ± 3.45 years respectively. The prevalence of blood group A, B, AB, and O were 081 (20.2%), 135 (33.8%), 35 (08.8%), and 149 (37.2%) respectively, Rhesus positive and rhesus negative distribution in the studied population were 374 (93.5%) and 26 (06.5%) respectively. No statistical significant (χ2 = 4.1791, P = 0.2427) relationship were obtained between ABO groups and periodontal status. Conclusion: The present study concludes that most common blood group type is „O‟ and least common type is „AB‟ and there were a relatively higher percentage of „O‟ blood group in patients with periodontitis.
Keywords: ABO Blood groups, India, Periodontitis, Rhesus factor.
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